Upcoming Events


Pro All Stars Series Super LM 200 LAP
Starts - 9/4/2010
Ends - 9/4/2010

When - ?
Where - Historic North Wilkesboro Speedway
Happening at the Historic North Wilkesboro Speedway, detail to be announced!


Cinema Raffaldini: Italian Dinner & Movie Night!
Starts - 9/4/2010
Ends - 9/4/2010

When - 7:30-11pm
Where - Raffaldini Vineyards
Join us for Cinema Raffaldini: Italian Dinner & Movie Night! Enjoy a delicious open Italian buffet while watching the sunset followed by a classic Italian film, ?Cinema Paradiso.? Sit on the Piazza or bring your blanket and relax on the lawn. Cost is $45 per person and includes buffet dinner, movie admission, and two glasses of wine. Refreshments will be available for sale during the movie including soft drinks and snacks. Call 336/835-9463 for your reservation!


Labor Day at Raffaldini Vineyards
Starts - 9/6/2010
Ends - 9/6/2010

When - 11am-5pm
Where - Raffaldini Vineyards
You've worked hard all year, reward yourself with some time at Raffaldini Vineyards. Enjoy a wine tasting and grab a bottle and a gourmet picnic lunch available in our tasting room, all the while taking in our dramatic mountain views.


Black Cat Station Open House
Starts - 9/11/2010
Ends - 9/11/2010

When - 10am-2pm
Where - 800 Elizabeth St., North Wilkesboro
"Black Cat Station Railroad Club" Open House 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Everyone is invited! We are a large "HO" Scale Model railroad, operating many trains at the same time.


Cruise-In
Starts - 9/11/2010
Ends - 9/11/2010

When - 4-8pm
Where - Downtown North Wilkesboro
Wilkes County Cruisers 2010 Cruise-In's Downtown North Wilkesboro 9th & C Street 2nd Saturday April - October 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm Antiques, street rods, classics, pro street, muscle cars & motorcycles welcome! Free admission - bring a lawn chair 50/50 drawing - must be present to win Door prizes DJ & special entertainment planned


Candle Light Ghost Tours
Starts - 9/11/2010
Ends - 9/11/2010

When - 7:30pm
Where - The Old Wilkes Jail
Spend a summer evening learning about the spirits that haunt the Wilkes Heritage Museum's Old Jail and Robert Cleveland Log Home, as well as the town of Wilkesboro's old buildings and local cemetery. Cost: $5.00 per person


4th Annual Native American Pow Wow
Starts - 9/17/2010
Ends - 9/19/2010

When - Fri. & Sat. 9am-9pm/Sun. 9am-5pm
Where - Fort Hamby State Park
Fourth annual educational Native American pow wow cosponsored by the W. Kerr Scott Dam and Reservoir inside the Ft. hamby State Park. Lots of demonstrations and childrens activities going on. Regular pow wow activities of dancing, drumming and singing, story telling, flint knapping, flute music, tee pees, etc. going on all day. 15 handmade craft vendors and food available. Hours: The Park opens at 8AM The Pow Wow hours are 9 to 9 on Friday and Saturday and 9 to 5 on Sunday. Admission: The park charges a $1.00 per person ($4.00 per car) entrance fee. The Pow Wow is $5.00 for Adults and $2.00 for Kids. Friday is Kids Day and children are FREE with the schools. Location: The Ft. Hamby Pow Wow is inside the Ft. Hamby State Park at 1534 South Recreation Road, Wilkesboro, NC 28697. From the Blue Ridge Parkway (Milepost 292), exit onto US421 and go south approximately 12 miles to the 293 Milepost. At the Ft. Hamby State Park sign turn right on South Recreation Road and go 1 mile to the entrance to the park. From Wilkesboro, take US421 north to Milepost 293. At the Ft. Hamby State Park sign, turn south onto South Recreation Road and go 1 mile to the park entrance. Contact: For park information or for camping reservations call 336-921-3390 and ask for Ranger Juanita Souther. For pow wow information call Mabel Benjamin, President Blue Ridge Intertribal Pow Wow Association. 114 Oak Avenue, Spruce Pine, NC, 28777-2720. Phone: 813-765-3073 cell


5th Annual Italian Festa Italiana!
Starts - 9/18/2010
Ends - 9/18/2010

When - 11am-5pm
Where - Raffaldini Vineyards
Live Music, Italian Food, Gelato, Espresso & Cappuccino, and Brick-Oven Pizzas. Italian Costume Contest to compete for $75 gift certificate! Trolley to and from parking lot for your convenience. $15 admission includes wine and food tastings as well as souvenir glass. No reservations necessary. Festival will be held rain or shine


Wine Tasting at Raffaldini Vineyards: Autumn 2010
Starts - 10/2/2010
Ends - 10/2/2010

When - 6-9pm
Where - Raffaldini Vineyards
The Four Seasons Wine Tasting Dinners are held Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter and will feature four seasonal food courses and four specially chosen wines to complement the food. Culinary and wine descriptions will be given during the evening to enhance your enjoyment. This is an opportunity to share your food and wine passion with like-minded friends. The atmosphere will be relaxed and casual with a focus on meeting new friends and enjoying la dolce vita.


Brushy Mountian Apple Festival
Starts - 10/2/2010
Ends - 10/2/2010

When - 8am-5pm
Where - Downtown North Wilkesboro
The Annual Brushy Mountain Apple Festival is one of the largest one-day arts and crafts festivals in the Southeast. Over 160,000 people visit this festival during the day and it's FREE. The streets of downtown North Wilkesboro, NC are filled with over 425 arts and crafts, 100 food concessions, 4 different music stages consisting of Blue Grass, Country, Folk, Gospel, and Appalachian Heritage. Cloggers, folk dancers, rope skippers, and square dancers provide additional entertainment venues for festival goers. Appalachian Heritage crafts are highlighted such as woodcarving, chair making, soap making, pottery throwing, and quilting. When walking through the streets of the festival observing and buying lots of the arts and crafts, Appalachian dulcimers can be heard while the smells of the variety of foods are enticing everyone's appetites. Let us not forget the apples, apples, and apples. Local apple growers set up throughout the festival selling their apples, apple cider, and dried apples. After all, this festival also pays tribute to the fruit grown and harvested each fall by apple orchardists from Northwestern North Carolina. So come join in the fun of the Annual Brushy Mountain Apple Festival this year in downtown North Wilkesboro, NC from 8 AM to 5 PM. The Brushy Mountain Ruritan Club Information Booth located at the intersection of Main and 9th Street will have copies of the Souvenir Program and Guide filled with schedules of music, dancing, locations of exhibitors, food concessions, apple recipes, stories and tales about the community and more. Pre-festival activities begin with “Apple Jam" at 6:00 PM on Friday night, with "live entertainment" at the Brushy Mountain Ruritan Club’s Brushy Mountain Apple Festival Park. This is located at the corner of 10th and Main Streets. So come early bringing your chairs, family and friends to enjoy a great evening kicking off this year’s Brushy Mountain Apple Festival. There will be a few food vendors set up along with the local restaurants available for dinner. For more information regarding the festival, contact the Brushy Mountain Ruritan Club at (336) 984-3022, or write at P. O. Box 129, Moravian Falls, NC 28654.


Black Cat Station Open House
Starts - 10/9/2010
Ends - 10/9/2010

When - 10am-2pm
Where - 800 Elizabeth St., North Wilkesboro
"Black Cat Station Railroad Club" Open House 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Everyone is invited! We are a large "HO" Scale Model railroad, operating many trains at the same time.


Cruise-In
Starts - 10/9/2010
Ends - 10/9/2010

When - 4-8pm
Where - Downtown North Wilkesboro
Wilkes County Cruisers 2010 Cruise-In's Downtown North Wilkesboro 9th & C Street 2nd Saturday April - October 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm Antiques, street rods, classics, pro street, muscle cars & motorcycles welcome! Free admission - bring a lawn chair 50/50 drawing - must be present to win Door prizes DJ & special entertainment planned

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